Aint I a Woman - Central Idea FOCUS

What hardships does Truth describe enduring as a slave in "Ain't I a Woman?" Choose two options.

• being denied an education

• being whipped

• being sold repeatedly

• seeing her children sold

• seeing her husband killed

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

At the end of her speech, what does Truth say women should be able to do?

• march for their rights

• turn the world right side up

• make a very loud racket

• join the abolitionist cause

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What or who is most likely to make a racket in a meeting? Base your answer on the meaning of racket.

• restless people who leave early

• curious people who listen carefully

• angry people who want to be heard

• late arrivals who open heavy doors

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To whom is Truth comparing herself in this sentence from "Ain't I a Woman?" "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place!"

• white men

• white women

• black men

• black women

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What point is Truth trying to make with the question "Ain't I a woman?"

• She wants to establish through her own example that in many ways women are superior to men and stronger.

• She displays her own obvious intelligence to establish that women are more intelligent than men.

• She wants to answer those who use women's weakness to justify their treatment by demonstrating her own strength.

• She wants to use her own speechmaking talent to prove that a woman can deliver a powerful speech to an audience that includes men.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who wrote the text that we read entitled "Ain't I A Woman?"

• Sojourner Truth
• Michelle Obama
• Beyonce
• Martha Washington

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Truth's point in writing this speech?

• to fight for equal rights for men and women
• to complain
• to list what she has been through 
• to fight slavery

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What kind of tone does Truth use throughout her speech?

• casual

• militant and critical

• critical, yet melancholy

• apathetic

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Is it true that Truth has 13 children and some were sold to slaveholders ?

• True

• False

• Maybe

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following best summarizes Sojourner Truth's argument in Ain't I a Lady?

• Women are superior to men.

• All women deserve the same rights as all men.

• The black community should begin fighting for women’s rights.

• Black women deserve the same rights as white women.